DEV STD C10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Composite Monarchy, Spice Trade, Chartered Company
17 Feb 2017
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Phases of empire (maps) and the world system. 1st age: mercantile, iberia/nw europe, chartered companies, administered trade. Classic age of imperialism: finance/monopoly, north atlantic. Decolonization: transnational, cold war, us and ussr. Ruptures, breaks, and a new sort of global system. The world system and mass commodities: roots of western dominance are in mass trade in necessities, new trade included entire countries creating a world market. A new world system after 1450: multicultural territorial division of labor, specialization on a global scale. The great divergence: the west and the rest. China away the center of innovation/tech but it was spain through exploration that took control. Land and maritime silk and spice trade. 15th century chinese world system : chinese expansion. From composite monarchy to militarized company commerce to fiscal military state. Settlement of european migrants (spanish and portuguese) Conquering and administering the americas: land grants. The viceroyalty of peru and its audiencias. Global transmission (flows) of resources, people, disease
